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Re: lemon juices / fumagillin

Been using one tablespoon per quart. This is the same amount as my wife uses when canning tomatoes.

Been doing it since last fall, bees like it and are wintering very well. Had good honey supply, fed syrup and fumigillin in the fall. Been feeding fondant boiled to 248F with same mixture to be sure there is enough winter food supply. Bees seem to really like the taste and have no nosema.

Re: lemon juices / fumagillin

keith It was brought up at our winter nys bee meeting. I think it was brought up by mary ann frazier and dave h from pa added. by memory it was a ph of 5 but not sure. that may help a little. the second part asks why commercial beekeepers do what they do. there is no answer for that one. lol

Re: lemon juices / fumagillin

So you are shooting for a final PH range of 4.3 to 4.7 with any type of syrup of food? Is anybody doing a PH test to check their starting and ending point? Easy to do. Might Apple cider vinegar also work?

Re: lemon juices / fumagillin

Hello,
yes lemon or any a ascid drink sach as honey will help bees to dagastive the pollen easy also it help to reduce amiba and protozan sach as nosima A and C also when bees can use more pollen will produce more worker and royal jelly ,and the result is more brood production , the resan we dont have much mitabolisem disease during honey flow becuse is acid in honey provent that,
for more information go to www.caspianapiaries.com

Re: lemon juices / fumagillin

Originally Posted by NW_Mark

So you are shooting for a final PH range of 4.3 to 4.7 with any type of syrup of food? Is anybody doing a PH test to check their starting and ending point? Easy to do. Might Apple cider vinegar also work?